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Brainstorm 
Instant
Brainstorm appeared in 2,913 MTGO Challenge Top-8 decks over the past 12 months, averaging 2.6 copies per deck. Its current TCGplayer price is $2.16.
Oracle Text
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Format Legality
LegacyVintagePauperPremodernDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Brainstorm, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy | 90 | 3.9 | 1153 | 3.9 |
| Vintage | 47 | 1 | 692 | 1 |
| Duel Commander | 14 | 1 | 628 | 1 |
| Pauper | 49 | 3.5 | 440 | 3.6 |
Details
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material
- Rarity
- Mythic Rare
- Mana value
- 1
- Collector #
- 4
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Brainstorm
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (6)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
- 1 Thirst for Knowledge
$0.11
0.01 tix - 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix - 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix - 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix - 1 Lightning Bolt
$0.81
0.02 tix - 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 2 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix - 1 Repeal
$0.07
0.01 tix
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix - 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix - 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
Lands (16)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Aegis of the Gods
$0.98
0.02 tix - 2 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix - 1 Kataki, War's Wage
$0.88
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 2 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 2 Supreme Verdict
$1.49
0.10 tix
- 1 Wear/Tear
$1.29
4.72 tix
1
Final: 1 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
- 1 Beast Within
$0.46
0.04 tix - 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 3 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Archon
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 4 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (18)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Balance
$1.10
0.14 tix
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 1 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Path to Exile
$0.97
0.02 tix
- 1 Pithing Needle
$0.36
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (10)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
Enchantments (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard
- 1 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
$15.34
0.02 tix - 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Hurkyl's Recall
$1.64
1.54 tix
- 2 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pernicious Deed
$3.04
14.15 tix
- 1 Progenitus
$0.99
0.02 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Snuff Out
$5.58
9.34 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 2 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (21)
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 4 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (5)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Containment Priest
$0.29
0.10 tix
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
$2.26
0.29 tix
- 3 Ingot Chewer
$0.14
0.03 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Rest in Peace
$0.62
0.22 tix
- 1 Shattering Spree
$0.94
0.22 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
- 1 Beast Within
$0.46
0.04 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 3 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Archon
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (7)
Instants (16)
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Beast Within
$0.46
0.04 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (5)
Planeswalkers (3)
Lands (17)
- 2 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 2 Forbidden Orchard$9.43 0.02 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 4 Mana Confluence$32.96 0.48 tix
- 2 Polluted Delta$18.83 2.29 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tolarian Academy$177.50 2.89 tix
- 2 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Volcanic Island$305.76 15.87 tix
Sideboard
- 2 Abrupt Decay
$0.90
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Archon
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 2 Null Rod
$114.46
9.61 tix
- 1 Steel Sabotage
$0.19
0.03 tix
- 1 Surgical Extraction
$1.33
5.76 tix - 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (1)
Sorceries (17)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
5.92 tix
- 1 Merchant Scroll
$4.52
2.46 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
6.15 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.90 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.69 tix
- 1 Windfall
$4.77
0.29 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.02
0.02 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 1 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 4 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
- 2 Fragmentize
$0.22
0.03 tix
Instants (10)
Artifacts (22)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 2 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.91 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
16.38 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 2 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.15 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$36.82
0.36 tix
Lands (10)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Sorceries (18)
- 1 Demonic Tutor
$58.78
5.92 tix
- 1 Merchant Scroll
$4.52
2.46 tix
- 1 Time Walk
$498.49
6.15 tix
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
$44.00
1.90 tix
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
$0.24
0.02 tix
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
$199.99
0.33 tix
- 1 Timetwister
$780.68
8.08 tix
- 1 Tinker
$1.02
2.69 tix
- 1 Windfall
$4.77
0.29 tix
- 1 Mind's Desire
$1.02
0.02 tix
- 1 Ponder
$1.81
0.01 tix
- 3 Preordain
$0.51
0.01 tix
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
- 3 Gitaxian Probe
$3.57
0.01 tix
Instants (11)
Artifacts (21)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 2 Chrome Mox
$38.87
1.82 tix
- 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
$819.15
8.91 tix
- 1 Lotus Petal
$36.20
16.38 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 4 Mox Opal
$234.22
16.14 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 1 Sensei's Divining Top
$39.61
1.06 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Defense Grid
$6.54
0.02 tix
- 1 Grim Monolith
$29.99
9.15 tix
- 1 Memory Jar
$36.82
0.36 tix
Lands (10)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (3)
Instants (22)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 |
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (20)
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 2 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 3 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (15)
- 4 Flooded Strand$11.36 2.51 tix
- 1 Island$0.05 0.01 tix
- 1 Library of Alexandria$1675.25 0.12 tix
- 3 Misty Rainforest$35.17 1.74 tix
- 1 Strip Mine$10.99 1.68 tix
- 1 Tropical Island$312.50 9.52 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Tundra$278.32 12.73 tix
- 1 Underground Sea$393.31 14.09 tix
- 1 Wasteland$8.56 0.02 tix
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (6)
Instants (18)
- 1 Beast Within
$0.46
0.04 tix
- 2 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 3 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 3 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
Artifacts (7)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
- 1 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 1 Blazing Archon
$0.32
0.02 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
$1.87
0.03 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Ravenous Trap
$0.34
0.03 tix
- 1 Stony Silence
$0.69
0.02 tix
- 1 Sudden Shock
$0.13
0.03 tix
- 2 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
7
Final: 7 |
Main Deck
Creatures (7)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 |
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (6)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
- 2 Ancient Grudge
$0.22
0.01 tix
- 2 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 1 Nature's Claim
$0.44
0.01 tix
- 1 Pyroblast
$3.38
20.92 tix
- 1 Red Elemental Blast
$1.00
14.45 tix
- 2 Relic of Progenitus
$5.60
3.78 tix
- 1 Seismic Assault
$0.62
0.02 tix
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50 0.01 tix
- 1 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
- 3 Tormod's Crypt
$0.40
0.03 tix
6
Final: 6 |
Main Deck
Creatures (3)
Sorceries (8)
Instants (22)
- 1 Doom Blade
$0.12
0.02 tix
- 4 Gifts Ungiven
$5.43
0.02 tix
- 4 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Vampiric Tutor
$51.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Mystical Tutor
$14.99
0.20 tix
- 2 Spell Pierce
$0.21
0.01 tix
- 2 Mana Drain
$51.06
0.40 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
Artifacts (11)
- 1 Black Lotus
$3000.00
54.65 tix
- 1 Mana Crypt
$40.22
1.70 tix
- 1 Mox Emerald
$601.99
14.55 tix
- 1 Mox Jet
$674.99
23.97 tix
- 1 Mox Pearl
$535.99
14.97 tix
- 1 Mox Ruby
$445.26
12.04 tix
- 1 Mox Sapphire
$544.49
31.81 tix
- 1 Mana Vault
$86.50
2.60 tix
- 1 Sol Ring
$0.96
0.02 tix
- 1 Voltaic Key
$1.00
0.03 tix
- 1 Time Vault
$189.00
0.80 tix
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 |
Main Deck
Creatures (5)
Sorceries (9)
Instants (21)
- 1 Mindbreak Trap
$7.07
1.50 tix
- 3 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 1 Force of Will
$26.25
10.90 tix
- 4 Gush
$2.41
0.04 tix
- 1 Dig Through Time
$0.28
0.02 tix
- 1 Ancestral Recall
$559.99
6.53 tix
- 1 Brainstorm
$1.19
0.85 tix
- 1 Flusterstorm
$6.57
1.68 tix
- 4 Mental Misstep
$8.10
0.02 tix
- 4 Swords to Plowshares
$1.15
0.04 tix
